...acceptable to God by Jesus Christ," 1 Peter ii. 5. In preaching the Gospel, Paul considered himself " a debtor both to the Greeks and to the barbarians, both to the wise and to the unwise," Rom. i. 14 ; and he included converted infidels and sensualists, of all possible varieties, when he...

...to those addressed. If any ask, why was he thus anxious? the reply is found in Rom. i. 14, ' I am a debtor both to the Greeks and to the barbarians, both to the wise and to the unwise.' Thus we find that while he indulged a fatherly care for all the churches he had established, he considered...

...unto me." —I Cor. 9:16, 17. Paul was a bondslave to Jesus Christ, enslaved by the Gospel! He was a debtor both to the Greeks and to the barbarians, both to the wise and to the unwise; for he said, "A dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me." God had placed a holy deposit in...

...for delivery ; and it is in that attitude that Paul recognized himself as standing when he said : " I am debtor both to the Greeks and to the barbarians, both to the wise and to the unwise. So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the Gospel." The postman is dishonest, is defrauding...

...fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise." Paul said in Romans 1:13, "Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that...fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles." Paul wanted to win souls to Christ in Rome just as he had won other Gentiles to Christ. We must not...

...God to bring men to us. Paul tells us very clearly what our attitude is to be. In 1:14, 15, he says, "I am debtor both to the Greeks and to the barbarians; both to the wise and to the unwise." I am a debtor, says Paul, to all classes of men. "So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the...

...are a blessing. The blessing is a two-way street. 4. He explains why he had not been sooner (v. 13). 13 Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that...let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among yon also, even as among other Gentiles. 1 would not have you ignorant, brethen, that oftentimes I purposed...

...the opening of Paul's Epistle to the Romans, with its message of travel and expansion of the faith: "I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise. So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are in Rome also."45 While Feng...

...letters make reference to Gentiles; they are considered to be all who were not of the House of Israel. Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was led hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles. Romans 1:13...

...we need to know. Six times in the New Testament, Paul says: "I would not have you to be ignorant." "Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that...fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles." — Rom. 1:13. "Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers...